As at 31 December 2025, there were 65,059 cataract surgery bookings in Eye Specialty with the waitlist per cluster as follows:
Cluster
Waitlist
  • Hong Kong East
    8,619
  • Hong Kong West
    3,201
  • Kowloon Central
    11,085
  • Kowloon East
    10,255
  • Kowloon West
    10,933
  • New Territories East
    10,245
  • New Territories West
    10,721
The waiting time for patients with cataract surgeries performed in the past 12 months (1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025) was as follows :
Number of Surgery Performed
Median Waiting Time*(month)
90th Percentile Waiting Time*(month)
  • Hong Kong East
    4,128
    21
    26
  • Hong Kong West
    4,095
    7
    12
  • Kowloon Central
    7,176
    21
    29
  • Kowloon East
    3,585
    25
    31
  • Kowloon West
    3,320
    14
    51
  • New Territories East
    5.916
    17
    30
  • New Territories West
    4,351
    27
    45
(For reference only)
Date of Next Update: 30 April 2026

* The median and 90th percentile waiting time implies that half and 90% of the patients with surgeries performed could receive surgeries earlier than the indicated waiting time respectively.